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WILLIAM HOMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,` ASSIGNOR TO THE ANDREW HOMAN COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,347, dated September 4, 1900.

Application tiled May 7, 1900. Serial No. 15 ,714. (No model.)V l

T0 @ZZ whom, .it mfr/ 7 4 concern; i Beit known that I, WILLIAM HoMAN, acitizen of the United States, residing in New York, Vin the borough of Manhattan and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cabinets, of which the following is a specification. l

My improvement relates to that class of cabinets in which there are two doors each carrying supports for the drawers swinging outward and arrested and held in positions parallel to each other. It is common to provide such withv mechanism for causing them to turn simultaneously in opening and clos! ing. I have devised improvedmeans for effecting these motions and for supporting the drawers. My invention allows the drawers to be moved farther outward than the ordinary construction and to be easily taken ont entirely when required. It also provides improved means for receiving and presenting horizontal section of the front portion on the line 2 2 in Fig. l, with the doors open and one of the drawers drawn out until arrested by the proper stop. Figs. 3 to 5, inclusive, are. corresponding horizontal sections on -the line i 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig.` 3 shows the doors open. Fig. 4 shows them partly closed, and Fig. 5

shows them completely and tightly closed. Both are l vertical sections through portions of a drawer Figs. 6 and 7 are on a larger scale.

and its adjuncts. Similar `letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where they appear.

A is the body of the cabinet, certain parts being designated, when necessary, by supernumerals.

D and E are the doors, turning onhinges A'. Each door has on its inner face, near the bottom, an eyeD E', respectively, to which is pivoted a link D2 E2, respectively, extending 'at the front and carrying a keeper A.

horizontally into the cabinet and pivoted to a at piece G, which is capable of turning horizontally on a pivot A2, set on the bottom of the interior of the cabinet. The extent of the swinging motion of which this piece G is capable is limited by two stops B' andA B2, held adjustablyon thebottom of the cabinet by corresponding screws C' O2, `received in slots in said stops. On slacking these screws the stops may be adjusted to the right and left, so as to give more or less liberty to the partially-revolving plate G. The. pivots A2 D3 E3 are arranged triangularly, as, shown. Opening or closing the door E turns the piece Gon its pivot A2 and, through the lilik D2, correspondingly moves the other door. The reverse effect is the same, either door being turned by the operator correspondingly turns the other by the connections through the turning piece G.

A5 is a cross-bar set at a convenient height The door E is fitted with a lap-strip E5 and also vwith a lever-catch H, which latter is arran gew/ff" to engage and disengage the keeper A6.

On the interior of the cabinet A are horizontal cleats A3, each havinga rabbet on its inneredge. These cleats extend the whole depth from the front to the rear of the cabinet, terminating at the front in a `vertical strip A4. On the inner face of thedoorD in the proper relation to each of these cleats is set a ball D4, having afastening-screw made integral, and on the inner face of t-he doorE is similarly set a ball E4; The construction allows the drawers to be drawn out farther than is ordinarily permitted or taken out entirely, if desired.

I I, &c., are the drawers. I can use them for containingordinary papers, as music, 85e. dental and surgical instruments, collections of coins, curios, dac., without further equipment ,but forholding phonograph-records I `cover the bottom of each drawer with a soft material, as canton-ilannel J, glued down, anduponthis soft bed-secure peculiarlyformed hollowfturned wooden pegs K Kf, the

part K being a hollow cylinder and the part 'K' being a nearly-closed bottom thereto. I

hollow-turn the pegs to accommodate the la- IOO . ing. The records M,fittinglooselyoverthese pegs, may be ordinary records and handled in l the ordinary manner. I make the pegs K K preferably of wood. The drawers slideloack-v ward and forward on the rabbets in the cleats A3 in the ordinary manner. The balls D4 E4 stand at just the proper level to receive .the

corresponding edges of the drawers as they f are drawn out and support them. Each drawer upon being pushed back to the fulli est extent is arrested by striking the back A7. When the drawer is moved forward to its .eX- treme limit, I provide special front stops to allow it to come forward or outward farther than is usually done. These front stops also serve another useful function. In addition to arresting the forward motion each runs close under the cleat above and being at the rear'of the drawer supports the drawer against being tilted by its weight or by any eXtra weight imposed thereon when it is in the drawn-out position. I make these stops capable of beingadjusted out of use, and so adjust them when it is desired to remove the drawers completely. P P are such drawer guides and stops madeT-shaped,each capable of turning on a pivot-screw Q. These stops may be of stoutsheet-iron or malleable castiron. The T shape allows them to serve ou either side interchangeably'. When theyare turned in the upright position, a wing P' projects out beyond the side of the drawer, and when the drawer is moved forward to its eX- treme limit this wing strikes the inner face of a vert-ical strip A4 and arrests the forward motion. When, on the contrary, it is desired to,

pull out the drawer completely for Vany purpose, it is necessary simply to turn the two stops P P inward.

v above and hold down the rear of the drawer,

' pivots thereon.

l mediate position.

so that the drawer cannot tilt when it is pulled out.

against the hub thereof.

it in such position.

come in line with the fixed pivot A2 when the doors are shut, but they may come near such line, as shown in Fig. 5. It is easy by the momentum of the parts to swing the plate G around into the proper position. The stop In the erect position of'v these stops their smooth upper surfaces travj erse each against the under side of the cleat.A2

B2 is set to prevent. its ever swinging,r too far.

Now the 4doors are Vheld with muchflrmness` in the closed position; but a suiicient pull on either door or both doors will cause the triangular plate to commence its proper revolution. After having commenced the rest of the motion is easy. The same condition applies to theholding of the doorsin the exactlycorrect openposiiion. Then the links D2 E2 `aga-,in range nearly in line with the fixed pivot .and their appurtenances in a given size of the cabinet may be varied. .Thedepth of the cabinet from the front to the rear may be greatly increased. In such case the balls D4 E4 may beset farther outward on the doors, farther from the hinges A. Two or more of these balls or equivalent short supports may be `used for each drawer at the proper level on each door. The form and the connections .of the links D2 E2 may beyariedn I have -shown the link D2 as raised by bending sufficiently to allow the pivot E3 and the link E2 to pass under it as required in effecting the motion; but the same end can be obtained by havingjboth links straight and having the pivotpin D3 higher and causing it to holdall that portion of the link D2 higher. The material may be varied. Any metal or wood may serve for the front stops P P. Instead ofthe bright v metal balls I can use various other forms of vtoallow the door to shrink or swell with hygrom-etric changes.

Parts of the invention can be used without Vthe whole. I can omit the vadjustability of the stops B B2, taking care to set them eX- actly right inV the manufacture. I can dist pense with the turning quality of thedrawer- R is a spring, one for each stop P, acting It serves to hold4 the stop reliably in position in all ordinary conditions. When the stops are .turned in. ward to be ineffective, the spring tends to hold" stops P Pand make them permanent. In

such case the back can be takenV off when it y. andwithout the springs R.' I-can dispense I attach importance to the triangular form lof the plate G and the arrangement of theA It serves the important end of holding the doors in the shut or open positions with more firmness than in any inter- The links D2 E2 must not 1` with the peculiar pegs K .K and use solid wood pegs," or can use paper tubes.` Ican dispense withV pegs entirely and'use the drawers to store other objects than records. `When music is stored, it may be well to make the drawers shallower and have a greater number with ordinary provisions by an opening at the bottom near the ,front for insertingthe fingers from below when .the whole or any portion of the contents is to be taken'out. I can make mycabinet with one or more drawers ing piece G, pivoted in the cabinet, pivots on such piece arranged triangularly relatively to the lixed pivot, and links connecting the doors respectively with the two movable pivots, arranged to come to rest at the end of each motion with each nearly in line with the fixed pivot, adapted to serve substantially as herein specified.

2. The combination with a cabinet having two doors opening outward to positions at right angles with the front, of a single turning piece G, pivoted in the cabinet, pivots on such piece arranged triangularly relatively to the iixed pivot, and links connecting the doors respectively with the two movable pivots, arranged to come to rest at the end Yof each motion with each nearly in line with the fixed pivot, and with stops C', C2, set inthe cabinet to limit the motion of the turning piece, all adapted to serve substantially as herein specified.

3. The combination with a cabinet having two doors opening outward to positions at right angles with the front, of a single turning piece pivoted in the cabinet, and links connecting the doors respectively with pivots D3 E3 on such piece arranged triangularly relatively to the fixed pivot and with stops set in the cabinet to limit the motion of the turning` piece and with means for adjusting the positions of the stops all substantially as herein specied.

4:. 'lhe combination with a cabinet having two doors opening outward to positions at right angles with the front, of means as shown for limiting the opening motion,- short supports'D4 E4 on the inner faces of the doors arranged to support the drawers in the drawnout position the vertical strips A4 on the cabinet, and front stops carried on the rear of the several drawers arranged to engage said strips and to serve therewith as herein speciied.

5. The combination with a cabinet having two doors opening outward to positions at right angles with the front, of means as shown `for limiting the opening motion, short supports D4 E4 on the inner faces of the doors, arranged to support the drawers in the drawnout position, of the vertical strips A4 on the cabinet, and front stops carried on the rear of the several drawers such stops having smooth upper surfaces arranged to contact with guiding parts above and adapted to perform the double function of contacting with the vertical strips A4, to arrest the forward motion, and bearing against guiding parts above to maintain the level position when the drawers are severally pulled out,substantialiy as herein speciicd.

6. The combination with a cabinet having two doors opening outward to positions at right angles with the front, of means as shown for limiting the opening motion, short supports D4 E4 on the inner faces of the doors arranged to support the drawers in the drawnout position,the vertical strips A4 on the cabinet and front stops P P pivoted near the backs of the drawers adapted to be easily turned to be out of use when required, all

substantially as herein specified.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WM. HOMAN. Witnesses:

JOHN D. CARBERRY, J. B. CLAUTICE. 

